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mreg · 03-05-2003, 12:05 PM

If I already have a Verizon account and I acquire a new handset, either through eBay or from a friend, can I just call Verizon CS and activate over the phone? Is it an automated system? Must I/should I call from the handset being activated?

Thanks for any info.

rallykid · 03-05-2003, 12:47 PM

Call customer care from a landline phone and they will walk you through it. All they need to do is the ESN swap on their end and have you dial a couple of numbers on the phone and the phone will be active and ready to go.

Suliman · 03-05-2003, 9:53 PM

Yep, call them and have the battery cover off so you can read them the ESN. Provided the phone is not on their watch list (stolen), they'll tell you to hang up and wait about 10 minutes, then dial *228. An automated voice will ask you to select one of two options. When asked , you hit "1" and shortly thereafter, the phone is programmed, to include the new number for the phone.

03-05-2003, 12:05 PM	#1
mreg Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 215 Phone(s): Audiovox CDM-9900, Motorola V120e, Samsung ACH-A310 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Activating Phone on Verizon If I already have a Verizon account and I acquire a new handset, either through eBay or from a friend, can I just call Verizon CS and activate over the phone? Is it an automated system? Must I/should I call from the handset being activated? Thanks for any info.

03-05-2003, 12:47 PM	#2
rallykid New house = No free time Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Davison, Michigan Posts: 1,305 Phone(s): LG 9700, Palm Pre Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint Devices: 80 Gig iPod, GPS, PDA, Satellite Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Activating Phone on Verizon Call customer care from a landline phone and they will walk you through it. All they need to do is the ESN swap on their end and have you dial a couple of numbers on the phone and the phone will be active and ready to go. __________________ You have very successfully added 2 and 2 together and gotten a beaver. You are so far off the mark you have left numbers all together and entered addition with mammals.

03-05-2003, 9:53 PM	#3
Suliman Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: NH Posts: 274 Phone(s): Katana (2), Franklin 680 USB card Provider(s): Sprint, Millenicom Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Activating Phone on Verizon Yep, call them and have the battery cover off so you can read them the ESN. Provided the phone is not on their watch list (stolen), they'll tell you to hang up and wait about 10 minutes, then dial *228. An automated voice will ask you to select one of two options. When asked , you hit "1" and shortly thereafter, the phone is programmed, to include the new number for the phone.

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